Two Gulfstream demo pilots set speed record

Two Gulfstream demo pilots unofficially set a new speed record in a G-VSP on the way home from the Asian Aerospace show in Singapore, scooting from Tokyo-Narita to Washington-Dulles in 11 hours, 54 minutes. Gregory Sheldon and Robert McKenney flew the 6,739-mile leg averaging 492 knots. The previous...

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